Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan. They can play a pivotal part in financial and investment industries, as they ...

That's part of what Greece's prime minister, George Papandreou, blames for his country's financial crisis. A credit default swap is a form of insurance on bonds that investors buy and sell. When it ...

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None of that means Oracle will default on its debts. But if the credit default swap prices are any indicator, a growing ...

Investing.com -- Credit traders are increasingly purchasing protection against Oracle Corp. defaulting on its debt as the ...

Market regulators agreed yesterday to collaborate on the oversight of credit default swaps, the insurance-like derivative contracts that got American International Group into trouble, and said that at ...

Oracle default fears surge as its credit-default swaps jump to a two-year high, signaling rising investor anxiety. The five-year CDS spread nears 80 basis points, up from 55 earlier this year. The ...

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A credit derivative contract used as protection against a potential default on a debt security or for speculation. An investor buying a credit default swap pays a regular fee to transfer the risk that ...

Stocks have risen this year despite uncertainties and outright hostilities in U.S. politics and around the world. But bonds and other markets show signs of concern, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer ...